Sonnet 22: When our two souls stand up erect and strong

Today is the feast day of Saint Joseph, patron saint of fathers and
carpenters.

This is also the day that the swallows typically return to the
mission in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Tobias George Smollett, who studied medicine at Glasgow University,
but later turned to writing, turning out such satirical novels as
RODERICK RANDOM, PEREGRINE PICKLE, and HUMPHREY
CLINKER. He was born in Cardross, Strathclyde in 1721.

It's the birthday of explorer Sir Richard Burton,
who often traveled in disguise throughout Arabia, born in Devonshire,
England, 1821.

The silver-tongued orator William Jennings Bryan was born on this
day in Salem, Illinois, 1860.

South African writer Sarah Gertrude Millin, author of THE DARK
RIVER and GOD'S STEP-CHILDREN, was born on this day in
Cape Province in 1889.

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